2026 results · Tennessee · Tennessee Governor

Marsha Blackburn, the Republican, holds Tennessee's governorship for the Republicans

Donald Trump carried Tennessee by 29.7 points in 2024; this year's count is a 27.2-point move toward the Democrats.

Tennessee Governor: votes counted for each candidate
Candidate	Votes	Share
Marsha BlackburnRepublican	955,298	45.5%
Jerri GreenDemocrat	902,615	43.0%
David HatleyIndependent	195,288	9.3%
Lauren PinkstonIndependent	26,186	1.3%
11 others	21,876	1.0%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 10:46 AM EST · 96% counted.

About 96% of the expected vote counted2,101,263 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 4:57 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 5:11 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI

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What moved most

Scroll through Tennessee, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.

What the count shows

Added together, the 95 counties compared moved 27.2 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 69% as many votes as in 2024, from 78% in Shelby County to 44% in Overton County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Republicans (r = −0.72).

Marsha Blackburn won with 45.5% of the vote, short of half

Marsha Blackburn, Republican955,29845.5%
Jerri Green, Democrat902,61543.0%
David Hatley, Independent195,2889.3%

54.5% voted for someone else. The line marks half the vote.

Warren County moved most: R+56.1 for president in 2024, R+18.7 this year

The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+70EvenD+70Move

Warren County10,403 votes37.4 pts → D

Carter County15,807 votes36.0 pts → D

Hamblen County15,212 votes35.7 pts → D

Bedford County13,198 votes33.5 pts → D

Marshall County11,742 votes33.1 pts → D

Lawrence County12,296 votes31.1 pts → D

Cheatham County14,074 votes30.9 pts → D

Putnam County23,628 votes30.7 pts → D

Anderson County23,967 votes30.6 pts → D

Rutherford County102,041 votes30.4 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Knox County added 52,815 net votes for Green against the 2024 margin, 6% of the statewide change

Across the 95 counties compared, the margin moved by 857,917 votes toward Green: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

Knox County+52,815 Green
Rutherford County+40,986 Green
Hamilton County+35,449 Green
Davidson County+32,597 Green
Williamson County+32,248 Green
Sumner County+31,902 Green
Sullivan County+28,760 Green
Wilson County+25,677 Green

5 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Green this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

Knox CountyR+19.5D+6.1
Hamilton CountyR+13.0D+10.1
Rutherford CountyR+21.8D+8.7
Montgomery CountyR+18.4D+6.5
Madison CountyR+18.2D+3.3

What the places that moved have in common

Each of Tennessee’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.

Urban, suburban and rural counties

Urban2 counties, 23% of the vote17.6 pts → D

Suburban32 counties, 58% of the vote27.3 pts → D

Rural61 counties, 19% of the vote27.4 pts → D

2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).

Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.

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StatewideRepublicans won all 2 of Tennessee's statewide races.

U.S. HouseBefore the election R 8–1, now R 8–1, counting the leaders in 2 uncalled seats

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes. Photos: Marsha Blackburn, by United States Senate Photographic Studio, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed; Jerri Green, by Zach Kinslow, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed.